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JAMES BYRD BRANDON
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| Brandon arrived at Fort Campbell, KY in 1967 and was assigned to 1st
Platoon. He went with A Company to Vietnam, December 1967. |
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Medals and Awards Purple Heart Medal Combat Infantry Badge Parachute Wings Vietnam Service Medal with One Service Star Vietnam Campaign Medal National Defense Service Medal Unit Citations |
03 February 1968 SP4 James B. Brandon earned the Purple Heart (Posthumously) for military merit and for wounds received which resulted in his death from wounds received while on a military aircraft on courier mission and hit by hostile small arms gun fire in the Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam. He was admitted to a military hospital where he later died. |
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| Spec. 4/c U.S. Army, {RA16896563}, Vietnam War-Spec Brandon died of
his wounds from a Helicopter crash on 2-3-1968 while serving as a Light
Weapons Infantryman with Co. A of the 2nd Battalion, 501st Infantry
Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. Spec. Brandon started his tour of
Vietnam on 12-15-1967. He is the son of Mr. & Mrs. Brandon of Chicago,
Illinois. |
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PHOTOS |
 Brandon, giving an unknown trooper a hair cut. Cu Chi, South Vietnam - December 1967. |
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Spec. 4/c U.S. Army, {RA16896563}, Vietnam War-Spec Brandon died of his
wounds from a Helicopter crash on 2-3-1968 while serving as a Light
Weapons Infantryman with Co. A of the 2nd Battalion, 501st Infantry
Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. Spec. Brandon started his tour of
Vietnam on 12-15-1967. He is the son of Mr. & Mrs. Brandon of Chicago,
Illinois. SP4 James Byrd Brandon died: February 3, 1968 in Thua Thien,
South Vietnam due to hostile fire. BIRTH 2 Oct 1949 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA DEATH 3 Feb 1968 (aged 18) Huế, Thừa Thiên-Huế, Vietnam BURIAL - Fort Sheridan National Cemetery Highwood, Lake County, Illinois, USA PLOT Sec 9 Row C #193 |
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